PricewaterhouseCoopers

PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited (PwC) is one of the world's largest accounting firms along with Deloitte, Ernst & Young and KPMG. It formed in 1998 when Price Waterhouse merged with Coopers & Lybrand. It has offices in 149 countries and provides services such as financial and regulatory reporting and taxes.

Political contributions
Richard R. Kilgust and Carter R. Pate, both Partners at PricewaterhouseCoopers, were Bush Rangers, each having raised at least $200,000 for Bush in the 2004 presidential election.

PricewaterhouseCoopers gave $904,660 to federal candidates in the 2006 election through its political action committee - 29% to Democrats and 70% to Republicans.

Lobbying
The company spent $3,333,500 for lobbying in 2006. In-house lobbyist as well as six lobbying firms were used including Patton Boggs and Clark & Weinstock.

Personnel
Key executives:
 * Samuel A. DiPiazza Jr., Global CEO and Global Board Member
 * Richard L. Baird, Global Co-Leader, People
 * Marie-Jeanne Chèvremont-Lorenzini, Global Co-Leader, Human Capital

Contact details
300 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor New York, NY 10017 Phone: 646-471-4000 Fax: 813-286-6000 Web: http://www.pwcglobal.com